Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2016 (No 1)*
Notifiable instrument NI2016-21
made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s 19D (Amendment of performance criteria)

1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2016 (No 1).
2	Commencement
	This instrument commences on the day after it is notified.
3	Amendment of 2015-16 performance criteria
	The performance criteria for the 2015-16 financial year is amended as set out in Schedule A.
4	Statement of reasons for amendments
The statement of reasons for the amendments is set out in Schedule B. 

Joy Burch MLA	Andrew Barr MLA
Minister of Disability	Treasurer
12 October 2015	18 October 2015
Schedule A

Agency	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	Action	
			2015-16
Budget papers	2015-16
Amended target		
Community Services Directorate (CSD)
	Output Class 1: Disability and Therapy Services
Output 1.1: Disability and Therapy Services	1.1.n Cost per head of population of Disability ACT	$278	$269.38	Target amended.	

Schedule B

Section 19D of the Financial Management Act 1996 (FMA) provides that the responsible Minister and the Treasurer may amend relevant performance criteria by notifiable instrument.  Section 19D(3)(g) provides that performance criteria may be amended if “the responsible Minister and the Treasurer are satisfied that other performance criteria should be adopted for the provision of outputs by the directorate...”.
The amendment incorporates data that is based on Disability ACT’s Budget of $107.724m and estimated population of 399,899 based on advice from Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate.